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April 14, 1996
Exactly 15 years ago, Arnold began filming Predator in the jungles of
Palenque in Mexico. He quickly seduced co-actor Carl Weathers into cigar smoker.
Friday, April 14, 1995
Chinese audiences got their first chance to see True Lies - legally - when Arnold's
vehicle debuted in Shanghai at 16 theathers, before rolling out nationally on 120 prints
by April 28.
It was the second Hollywood picture to be released in China after Warner Bros The Fugitive
since revenue-sharing deals were negotiated. Warners did teriffc business with The
Fugitive, reportedly grossing some $2 million.
Monday, April 14, 1997
Checked his health problems at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica (with a small army
of 14 security guards keeping watch outside) and after exhaustive tests was told that
heart surgery was imperative.
Tuesday, April 14, 1998
A very interesting article was published that day:
Hoping to ride once again on the coattails of Arnold,
Mario Kassar and his old business partner Andrew Vajna had bought out the other half of
the rights from Terminator and T2 producer Gale Anne Hurd. Vajna muscled
the first half of T3's rights away from 20th Century Fox a few months before
that. That positioning caused James Cameron, who has become ever so loyal to 20th Century
Fox, to publically announce that he has ended his participation with the Terminator
series. Even without Cameron's involvement, Mario is determined to lure the Austrian to
star in T3. Word was that, according to Arnold Schwarzenegger's publicist, Mario Kassar
has tried repeatedly to contact Arnold for the past two weeks, with no avail, a useless
attempt to attract Arnold's interest in the new Terminator film. Sources close to Arnold
insisted that Schwarzenegger had (has) no plans discussing any movie deals with Kassar.
"When it comes to Arnold and Crusade, the wounds are still fresh... They won't
heal." admitted a close personal friend of the muscled one. "Arnold was left
very disgusted the last time he did business with Kassar. It's a case of once bitten,
twice shy." Even if Mario Kassar appologized for the death of Crusade, the chances of
the two Hollywood figures reconciliating are slight. "Arnold remains very loyal to
Jim Cameron. Once Gale Anne Hurd (Cameron's ex-wife and very good friend), was forced to
give up her half of the rights to the cyborg films, Jim took it personal. That means his
wife Linda Hamilton took it personal, that means Arnold took it personal, and that means
no T3...for any of them." |
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Wednesday, April 16, 1997
